Darrell Todd Maurina Moore: "I too am a lawyer, Mr. Berry, and I know that in this case one issue would have been whether they mayor would have wanted to appoint a close family member.... when I know he is not going to terminate a close family friend who is a city employee... he is an interested party in this case." 21 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Hearing officer has announced that the hearing will adjourn for the day and resume tomorrow; city's attorneys said their case will be done before noon tomorrow. 20 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Angie Bradtke Which departure from city hall for Cox? She worked their initially in the beginning and was moved to the police department...then back to city hall...should have sent her packing long before...let her resign??? Hahahaha....nice one Mayor Sa...nders! Well glad to know you have her the opportunity to resign...you gave me that option then recanted it and terminated me due to lies....how does the lies you have told make you look now??? You should have known you couldn't cover it up forever!! See More 5 minutes ago via mobile · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Hearing officer has said that since nobody has a copy of Laura Lynn Arrington's petition, they can't enter the petition into evidence but can discuss what they said about it. 35 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎George Sanders: "I had a meeting with Mr. Polk and Mr. Cage" in November about a week apart. "The discussion I had was the attitude and the way I wanted them to sit down and resolve their grievances and work together as a team... they said they will sit down and talk." 34 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina City's attorney: "You knew there was some conflict between the deputy chief and the chief, right?... you told the paper that was minor stuff, right?" 31 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina City's attorney: "It is your testimony that you conveyed to (Alderman) Todd Williams that there were minor problems but did not have details, right?" George Sanders said he turned the matter over to Williams because he was the chairman of the emergency services committee and could look into it more. 29 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina City's attorney asked if he remembered Chief Doug Yurecko's letter. George Sanders said he remembered the letter and gave it back to the person to whom it was addressed. Attorney: "Do you remember that Chief Yurecko was contemplating severi...ng the auto-aid response to the St. Robert Fire Department and was contemplating severing it as a result of the actions of Deputy Chief Polk?... did you think it was an issue of public concern that Chief Yurecko was contemplating withdrawing from the auto-aid agreement to your fire department because of the actions of Deputy Chief Polk?"See More 25 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Sanders said he gave the matter to the city administrator, who had received the letter. "I was waiting for him (Alan Clark) to come back but everything started popping so fast I don't think there was time for it to happen." 24 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina City attorney to Sanders: "Do you think the conduct described in that letter, if true, constituted harassment under the St. Robert Municipal Code?" 22 minutes ago · LikeUnlike · 1

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎George Sanders said the first he heard that Polk was saying he could not be fired because of his relationship with Sanders was at today's hearing, and Cage never told him that. 12 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Cage: "I was told I don't want to hear anything about this... you two just have to get along" by Mayor George Sanders. Cage said he was trying to tell Sanders that Polk was an "emotional bully" but was not allowed to do so. 24 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Mayor George Sanders' lawyer asked why Cage didn't go to the board of alderman. "I was trying to go through the chain of command... and was shut down basically every time." 22 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina City's lawyer is asking why Chet White was not allowed to speak to the city council. Mayor George Sanders said the plan was to have White speak with him first before going to the city council, and did not want to have something go to the council that was not complete and White was not on the agenda. 6 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina City's lawyer is pointing out that the mayor is not listed in the grievance policy chain of reporting which goes from the City Administrator to the City Council, not to the mayor. 2 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina City's attorney: "Based on that information is it fair to say you were not going to take any action to reprimand Deputy Chief Polk in any way?" George Sanders: "If it was necessary to take that action, yes I would have." about a minute ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Cage said a man from the Hazelgreen area called Greg Polk and was verbally abused. "It was just passed over as 'I'll keep this in mind' and nothing was done." 3 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina City's attorney asked why, if there is a written grievance policy, the chief didn't make that policy available. "Your hands were tied, you knew Alan Clark wasn't doing anything about it, you knew the mayor wasn't doing anything about it." Cage said he viewed the grievance policy as the last result. about a minute ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Cage said he "many times tried to counsel" Polk. "After that did not work, he either blew me off or gave excuses, I tried to go to the city administrator... I was basically told it was my fault and I had to learn to get along with him." about a minute ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Cage: "I would many times try to go to Alan or even to the mayor... I basically knew he had a wall of protection around him... I was told I have authority over every volunteer except Deputy Chief Polk; he was appointed by them." a few seconds ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Laura Lynn Arrington said she met with Chet White. "I knew I was leaving but I wanted something to change for the firefighters." She has since hired an attorney and plans to pursue legal action against the city. 3 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Cage said Polk "mentally abuses people and puts their lives in danger" by "yelling and cursing at people when he doesn't get his way, and belittles them." 15 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Joshua Cage said he didn't remember being personally belittled by Polk, but was made to feel he was not important and didn't matter. As a result, there were times he would be on his way to a fire scene as a volunteer and "would turn around and go home" when he heard Polk was on his way to a fire scene. 13 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Joshua Cage: "Morale was horrible, nobody wanted to be there... I would see his blue truck there and turn around and go home." 12 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina City's attorney to Joshua Cage: "Even though your father is the chief of the fire department, you felt your volunteer position in the fire department would be at risk" if he talked to Chet White, and almost quit when he found that Chet White was not allowed to speak to the city council. "I wanted something done and it didn't look like anything was being done." 10 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Laura Lynn Arrington, a former St. Robert fire cadet and firefighter since the age of 16 who has now left for Waynesville after resigning in February, is now on the stand. 9 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Laura Lynn Arrington said arguments happened between the St. Robert and Waynesville chiefs because she volunteered on the Waynesville department and was full-time with St. Robert. 7 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Laura Lynn Arrington said Alan Clark and Chief Cage directed Laura Arrington not to circulate the petition. "The city would be humiliated in public like the sheriff's department was," according to Clark. 2 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Adrienne Echelberry My question is Polk is fired has been now for a while... why are they talking about what an idiot he was, I think the whole world knows Polk was a douche bag? I thought this was about the Mayor? 6 minutes ago · UnlikeLike · 2

'Rick Lepard They are trying to say the Mayor Promoted his bad behavior Adrienne. Just the mayors turn to be trashed by city employees.. 4 minutes ago · LikeUnlike · 1

Darrell Todd Maurina Mayor George Sanders said Chief Cage said there was going to be a presentation to the St. Robert City Council in closed session on March 5 on the fire department issue (Chet White's) presentation but then the presentation did not happen. 4 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Adrienne Echelberry hmm So all these employees say they took their concerns to the Mayor and he didn't do anything? Is that the issue? I hate not being there and hearing everything... ugh about a minute ago · LikeUnlike · 1

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Felton Shoemaker is describing his experience with Polk and his letter of grievance. "The issue is belittling, the way we get talked to by him. It's not ordinarily the way people would be talked to." Responding to the city's attorney Shoemaker said Polk was "overbearing" and wanted to "be in charge." about a minute ago · LikeUnlike

'Rick Lepard I think that's the point.. The city council is micromanaging the mayor.. about a minute ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Adrienne Echelberry, the issue is that the mayor is being accused of keeping the council from hearing Chet White's report on the fire department, and that's one of the grounds for impeaching him. a few seconds ago · LikeUnlike

Marlene Vance Blackburn wow...its almost as bad as Dixon. If our aldermen had a ball between them, theyd impeach their mayor too but theyre all chicken sh!t and afraid of him. a few seconds ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina City's attorney is questioning Jeff Teeters on a grievance letter he wrote referring to Polk. "There's been numerous occasions where we were in training class or sitting around the firehouse trying to do our jobs and it was just constantly, 'Why aren't you doing your job, you can't do your job, what are you doing here anyway?'" 5 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Jeff Teeters said Polk said about his behavior, "if you don't like it, you know where the door is and you can go find another job." 4 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Jeff Teeters: "Morale was horrible, nobody wanted to show up." Teeters said Polk behaved the same way toward firefighters from other departments. "If you do something wrong he yells at you and there are good people who will not come back to a Firefighters I and II class because of this." about a minute ago · LikeUnlike

'Rick Lepard I am hearing the mayors lawyer tore up the investigator this morning, why no talk about that Darrell? a few seconds ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Wright said Polk said he could not be touched because he was appointed by the mayor, and he considered leaving the fire service because of Polk's behavior. 6 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Responding to questions from Mayor George Sanders' attorney, Wright said he didn't know the full reasons for Mayor George Sanders not presenting the fire department investigation to the city council in March. a few seconds ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Creider: "I was hoping we would be heard and some form of consequence would happen." 7 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Mayor's attorney asked how Creider found out information that was stated by the city council in closed session. Crider said he wasn't sure where the infromation originally came from. 5 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Brandon Bradstreet Interesting they investigate now, but back in 2008 when complaints were being filed before Polks time as an officer there they were ignored, and it still wasn't an eye opener when 5 out of 9 of us full time st Robert fire employees resigned at the same time 3 minutes ago via mobile · LikeUnlike · 1

Darrell Todd Maurina Wright: "Sometimes he can be demanding..." citing a Highway H fire situation in which there was difficulty establishing a water supply, and Polk embarrassed and humiliated him instead of trying to help him. 3 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Starletta Arnold-Messer Rick this is not a plant, these are firefighters that are trained to save lives that are being treated like dirt. Some are being threated. So maybe ya need to know what your talking about before you speak. 30 minutes ago via mobile · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Creider said himself, Jacob Schwartze and Raymond Wright wrote a grievance letter against Polk. "We felt betrayed that some very serious abuses had been going on for some time... we were led to believe our issues were being addressed, but they weren't." 29 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Creider said Polk said he was the deputy chief, he was "untouchable," and nobody could get rid of him, even the chief, since he was appointed by Mayor George Sanders. 28 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Creider: "If you were given a task and you didn't complete the task, he would question you not only why you didn't complete it but in a manner saying you weren't doing your job" and said it was done in a "demeaning" and "demoralizing" manner. 27 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

'Rick Lepard Seems pretty obvious Polk was a major problem. Never said he wasn't maybe you should not speak before you know what you are talking about. 27 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎@ 'Rick Lepard -- not going to take sides here, but it's important to be aware that Polk was a drill sergeant. Many of his training methods have been defended as a military style of training. 25 minutes ago · LikeUnlike · 1

Starletta Arnold-Messer One of the fire fighters that will be on the stand shortly is engaged to me. I know whats going on.!!!!!! 25 minutes ago via mobile · LikeUnlike · 1

'Rick Lepard Again it is obvious POLK was a PROBLEM, never said he wasn't. 24 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Nori Marie Curenton Discipline should be mandatory xo The fire fighters should be in top notch condition and should not base a like or dislike against doing their job. To me fighting fires comes first over popularity. 23 minutes ago · UnlikeLike · 1

Darrell Todd Maurina City's lawyer: "Was it part of his communication style to close into people's personal space?" Creider: "It was with me." 22 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Angie Bradtke I still say that the City's hired investigator needs to look further into the city departments. Pam Cox has thought she was invincible since the day that she was "transferred" from city hall to the police department to "fill in" for a full ...time employee who was deployed. Once that employee returned she remained an employee in the pd. Another, now former employee, Rhonda Cristoffer is a fine example of a subject who created a hostile work environment. I have paperwork to prove her shenanigans! As well as an attorney whom is very aware of the litigation occurring. Cristoffer caused my termination with the city due to untruths that she documented in a written statement stating that she "believed" that to be truth and Mayor Sanders made a decision when the truth was perfectly clear. Not so aware if the public is aware but i did have lawsuit paperwork served on the city as well for workplace harassment...with all that is going on it is kinda strange that none of this has come up...WHERE IS THAT PAPERWORK MR SANDERS??? and I also have a written contract that was provided to me to keep me from suing the City or anyone affiliated with the city.....What else is being hidden??See More 21 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Mike Taz Moeller Not buying the Drill Sergeant story. Even a drill sergeant knows the difference between abuse and leadership. If he was this way as a Drill sergeant, then he was a poor DI too. 17 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Creider: "He was like constantly in your face... he never actually used the word stupid, not to my knowledge, but that's how he'd make the point that we don't need to make the mistakes of some fellow firefighters and then look directly at them." 16 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Angie Bradtke I knew that there were problems in the fd for awhile. Emergency services stick together...Im glad that someone has finally taken the initiative to speak up....the hostility and workplace harassment has to stop. Ya, in the instance there are several females working together you will have some issues but as long as things are dealt with accordingly and not swept under the rug! 15 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Creider said during a legal dispute with Joe Krill, Polk threatened to sue people for slander if they told lies about him on the stand. "Nobody wanted to testify before that, but we sure didn't want to testify after that." 12 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Starletta Arnold-Messer Polk is a recruiter for the national guard. Never knew he was a drilk Sgt and I knew him personally. 10 minutes ago via mobile · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎@ Starletta Arnold-Messer: As I'm sure you know I'm not going to take sides on this, but Polk was a drill sergeant on active duty at FLW before he became a MoNG recruiter. This may have been half a decade ago or more but it was during my time covering the St. Robert Fire Department. 8 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Creider said Polk directed a person giving chest compressions to continue to do so even after the subject had a pulse. 6 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Starletta Arnold-Messer I have only had the pleasure of dealing with him at the fire dept. So I do not know his past darrell. Im glad your on top of all of this. Its confusing!! 5 minutes ago via mobile · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Creider: "I wanted to keep my options open; I certainly did not want to get out of the fire service." Said he considered going to the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District or back to his prior job. 5 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Creider said Polk approached him and Wright and said Laura Lynn Arrington had conspired with Chief Cage against him, and said "The people against me are going down." 3 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Creider said he was compelled to speak with Chet White, the city's special investigator, because he wanted to address problems. 3 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

I can attest at age 22 I had about 30 people under me at Tracker Boats where I was a supervisor. After a while you hear so many complaints you have to start ignoring some of the complaints people tell you about others because you have to get the job done rather than dealing with all the crap all day. There will always be problems in any business that hires humans, it is the nature of the beast.. It is also the nature of the ones in charge to hope things work out for the better of the company, if you stop to investigate every little complaint nothing gets done. Sounds like things just got out of hand at the city. Happenes everywhere though, not something new to St. Bob.This might upset the ladies but I had more complaints from the three women I had on that line than I had with the 27 men combined. LOL

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Chet White, the investigator of incidents in the St. Robert Fire Department involving Deputy Fire Chief Greg Polk, is reporting that he found workplace problems so severe that he was surprised there hadn't already been an incident of workplace violence. 20 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Chet White: "Virtually every firefighter I worked with said they were tired of verbal abuse by Greg Polk." 18 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Chet White: "I had numerous firefigthers tell me that if they drove near the fire station and saw Greg Polk's truck, they turned around... firefighters not responding when available is a serious public safety issue." 18 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Chet White said he also advised Mayor Sanders that Planning Administrator Lyle Thomas was yelling and screaming at people, and said Pam Cox, the wife of former City Administrator Alan Clark had made additional allegations. 15 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Chet White said George Sanders told him that "You know, any time you get five women together in an office, you're going to have problems." White's response: "I was stunned." 14 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Chet White: "Let's be clear. I wasn't coming here to St. Robert just to talk to the mayor, I was coming here to brief the city leadership, of whom the mayor is one of them." 12 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Chet White: "The Pam issue, as it came to be known... was on the periphery... I was looking at the allegations going forward, not what happened before hand." PING: Pamela Cox. 12 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina Mayor's attorney asked why, if Mayor George Sanders and City Administrator Alan Clark were an "impenetrable wall," the mayor was willing to fire the city administrator's wife. 11 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Chet White: "What I should have done, which is what you keep alluding to, is go back to the city attorney and say, 'Leave my investigation alone.'" 10 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Doug Yurecko said he was "shocked" that Alan Clark did not respond and was considering removing St. Robert Fire Department from auto aid. "I saw it as a distinct life-safety issue for their firefighters and our firefighters." 7 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Shay Mason said when city officials learned of the firefighters' plan to circulate a petition objecting to Polk, they were told not to do so because another deartment in the county had done so and it would look bad for the city of St. Robert. 5 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

Darrell Todd Maurina ‎Shay Mason: "When you have that kind of hostility everybody is on pins and needles and you don't want to come around." 4 minutes ago · LikeUnlike

JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Department of Transportation is offering excess tools and equipment from the consolidation of its central Missouri facilities for sale to the public. The excess inventory is a result of MoDOT's efforts to reduce staff, facilities and equipment so the agency can direct as much funding as possible toward needed road and bridge projects.Among the almost 200 items are air compressors, generators, drill presses, welders, anvils, lawn mowers, floor jacks and tools. The equipment will be sold online through GovDeals.com from June 12 through June 18. The inventory can be viewed in person from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 13, 14, 15 and 18 at the Tipton maintenance facility, 11990 Highway 50. Buyers will be able to pick up their purchases June 20-22 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Some vehicles are included in the excess inventory and will be offered for sale in the near future. Interested individuals are encouraged to check GovDeals.com regularly as this inventory becomes available. To view the items for sale at the Tipton facility, interested buyers can log on to http://www.govdeals.com/, click on Advanced Search and enter Missouri Department of Transportation Central District as the seller. Buyers must register with GovDeals.com to place a bid.

Why did the Daily Guide have to print "The Shrine Park is the same venue where they have the Freedom Rally" Now everyone will think we have naked women, drinking people, and so on.....oh crap, we do. Well they still did not need to add that to their article

After the big biker showdown last weekend in Waynesville, I though that it was time for me to own a scanner. For just about $100 programed at Radio Shack and I was in... And so after a week of listening, I completely understand how the truth and what is said publicly is alot different at times.

For starters, that 'quiet litte get together' out at the Shine Club, is a lot different over the scanner... As close as I figure, it took 14 officers from at least 4 different agencies to control the crowd last night. 'Quiet litte get together?' yea right! What I thought that was funny, in a sense, was that after some of the officers left, one was complaining to another that he had a headache from all the drug smoke in the air...Or maybe I just missed the point where smoking pot became legal in Mo?

Next, Does anyone drive through Waynesville after 8pm and not get a ticket? Waynesville Police must have wrote 100 tickets last night. Is there really that much crime in Waynesville?

If you don't own a scanner, you should really buy one and listen... its a real eye opener!

So I was wondering why you can only buy three boxes of Nite Time Cold medicine. So I looked into it.

Dextromethorphan (DXM or DM) is an antitussive (cough suppressant) drug. It is one of the active ingredients in many over-the-counter cold and cough medicines, such as Mucinex DM, Robitussin, NyQuil, Dimetapp, Vicks, Coricidin, Delsym, and others, including generic labels. Dextromethorphan has als...o found other uses in medicine, ranging from pain relief to psychological applications. It is sold in syrup, tablet, spray, and lozenge forms. In its pure form, dextromethorphan occurs as a white powder.[2]

DXM is also used recreationally. When exceeding label-specified maximum dosages, dextromethorphan acts as a dissociative hallucinogen. Its mechanism of action is via multiple effects, including actions as a nonselective serotonin reuptake inhibitor[3] and a sigma-1 receptor[4][5] agonist and the action of its major metabolite dextrorphan as an NMDA receptor antagonist, producing effects similar to those of the controlled substances ketamine and phencyclidine (PCP),[6] as well as the active metabolite 3-methoxymorphinan, which produces local anesthetic effects in rats with a potency above dextrorphan but below dextromethorphan itself.[7]

Search warrant, The Rolla Police Department, South Central Drug Task Force and Phelps County Sheriff’s Department served a search warrant at the Pleasure Zone. We were looking for illegal synthetic marijuana, synthetic meth, and other synthetic drugs that are called bath salts, incense, plant food etc. We recovered about $100,000 of the products that will have to be sent to the lab for testing. We have had kids steal their parent’s credit cards and purchase these products; one used their parent’s card to buy $1,700 worth of the product another bought $250.00 worth. This is a serious problem, we have had overdoses and serious health issues from these products.

Oh but Bill Ransdal was going to do this for Pulaski County Remember? He and Chris Heard argued this subject with me in Bills office one day. Shocked those two never brought it to fruition. LOL.. That and thier porn tax, Hahahaha.. All talk no action..